Patents by Inventor James Skahen

James Skahen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • AUTOMATED SCRATCH DETECTION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHM FOR THE STUDY OF PRURITUS IN ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20140046222
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for automated assessment of pruritus comprising detecting movement of a band located on a limb of a subject animal so as to obtain a signal associated with the detection movement, processing the signal associated with the detected movement through an algorithm configured to establish a scratch movement trigger, and translating the processed signal into scratch counts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Tony L. Yaksh, Shelle Malkmus, Marc Marino, James Skahen